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Game for five

Title: Game for five / Marco Malvaldi ; translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis.
Author: Malvaldi, Marco, 1974-
Publication: New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2014.

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Additional Authors

Curtis, Howard, 1949-

Description

140 pages; 21 cm.

Summary

At the Bar Lume, in a small coastal resort near Livorno, between shots of espresso and hands of cards, four old-timers and Massimo, the barman, wile away the time chatting, arguing, and theorizing about the murder of a young woman in their town. The girl's body was found in a dumpster bin on the edge of town. The victim's now notoriously licentious lifestyle has everyone thinking that her death had something to do with the world of drug trafficking and dangerous sex that she inhabited. The prime suspects in the case are two of the girl's nightlife associates. But out of love of gossip and just to pass the time, the group of old friends at the Bar Lume begin to pull the case to pieces, forcing the Barman Massimo into the role of amateur sleuth. Here is a victory for pensioners! The four old-timers analyze the crime and the suspects, contextualizing both, and in the process put a comic spin on their often narrow-minded neighbors. From this "investigation," in Malvadi's lively and colorful prose, emerges a fascinating picture of life in a small town that, for all its faults, stubbornly resists the devastation of mindless.

Series Statement

World noir
A Bar Lume mystery
Malvaldi, Marco, 1974- Bar Lume mystery.

Uniform Title

Briscola in cinque. English
World noir.

Alternative Title

Briscola in cinque.

Subject

Genre/Form

Noir fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Note

Translation of La briscola in cinque.

Call Number

JFD 14-2269

ISBN

9781609451844
1609451848

OCLC

852221627

Author

Malvaldi, Marco, 1974- author.

Title

Game for five / Marco Malvaldi ; translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis.

Publisher

New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2014.

Edition

First publication 2014 by Europa Editions.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

World noir

A Bar Lume mystery

Malvaldi, Marco, 1974- Bar Lume mystery.

World noir.

Added Author

Curtis, Howard, 1949- translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 14-2269

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